On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Charles Matthews<[email protected]> wrote: > David Goodman wrote: >> I would support making it a requirement before taking any article to >> AfD on the basis of lack of references to first make a bona fide >> appropriate search for them, and to say so--this is already >> recommended at [[WP:BEFORE]] >> > [[WP:BEFORE]] seems to need some work, at least from the angle you are > arguing. As well as admonitions, perhaps a dedicated page could contain > things like: a basic checklist before taking an article to AfD; > topic-based sketches of minimal search-engine checks to find some > references; and perhaps a flow diagram breaking down the major decisions > before putting anything up for deletion.
Sounds like a good idea. Start it as a how-to or essay first? Checking "what links here" and other language encyclopedias are the things I see people missing out most. Plus not simply searching Wikipedia to see how often something is mentioned in other pages but not yet linked. Carcharoth _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
